Looking at the growing use of federalism and decentralization as tools of conflict resolution, this book provides evidence from several case studies on the opportunities and challenges that territorial solutions offer when addressing internal conflicts within a variety of countries.

Soeren Keil is Reader and Subject Lead in Politics and International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK.

Elisabeth Alber is Senior Researcher and Program Head (Eurac Research Federal Scholar in Residence) at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.

Introduction: Federalism as a Tool of Conflict Resolution

Soeren Keil and Elisabeth Alber

1. Decentralisation at a Crossroads: Spain, Catalonia and the Territorial Crisis

Paul Anderson

2. Federalism, National Identity and Overcoming Frozen Conflicts: Moldova's Experience

Johann Wolfschwenger and Kirsten Saxinger

3. The Elephant in the Room: Ukraine between Decentralization and Conflict

Francesco Palermo

4. A Failure of State Transformation Rather than a Failure of Federalism? The Case of Iraq

Eva Maria Belser

5. Bougainville Moving Towards Independence? The Role of Autonomy for Conflict Resolution in Past and Present

Karl Kössler

6. What is Wrong with the Concept of Multinational Federalism? Some Thoughts about the Interrelationship between the Concepts of (Multi-)nationalism, Federalism, Power Sharing and Conflict Resolution

Josef Marko